Re: Locked out of Root after attemting to change shells
On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, smb@execpc.com wrote:
> To whom it may concern:
>
> I recently installed Debian Linux 1.3 on my computer, and while I
> was trying to change my login shell for root the other day with chsh,
> I accidently typed in an incorrect path to the shell I wanted. Being
> root, I was not restricted in the path choice that I made, so now
> every time I log on as root, I get an error message that says
> 'shell not found' and I am promptly logged off the system. Is there
> any way to correct this problem short of reinstalling everything
> again? I would greatly appreciate any help you could provide.
I think you can get su to work, but you may have to tell it what program
to run instead of the login shell.
HTH,
Brandon
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